Mississippi § 73-59-11 - Additional duties of board.

§ 73-59-11. Additional duties of board.

The board shall have the following additional duties for the purposes of this chapter: To conduct thorough investigations of all applicants seeking a license or licensees seeking renewal of their licenses and of all complaints filed with the board concerning the performance of a residential builder. To obtain information concerning the responsibility of any applicant for a license or of a licensee. Such information may be obtained by investigation, by hearings, or by any other reasonable and lawful means. The board shall keep such information appropriately filed. To maintain a list of residential builders and remodelers to whom licenses are issued, refused, revoked or suspended, which list shall be available to any interested person. To prepare annually a complete roster that shows all the names and places of business of the residential builders and remodelers licensed by the board during the preceding year and to forward a copy of the roster to each municipality and county in the state and to file the roster with the Secretary of State. To take disciplinary actions pursuant to the provisions of Section 73-59-13. To adopt rules and regulations governing disciplinary actions and the conduct of its hearings and to adopt such other rules and regulations as the board finds necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. The board may require continuing education for any residential builder or remodeler licensed under this chapter; provided, however, that any residential builder or remodeler who has held a valid license under this chapter before July 1, 2015, shall be exempt from any continuing education requirements. No more than two (2) hours of continuing education shall be required by the board per year. The holder of a valid license shall disclose to the owner or other person with whom the holder is contracting at the signing of a contract or the initial agreement to perform work whether the holder carries general liability insurance. The disclosure shall be written, the structure and composition of which shall be determined by the State Board of Contractors, and shall be placed immediately before the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the purchaser. The disclosure shall be boldfaced and conspicuous type which is larger than the type of the remaining text of the contract.